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Adriaan Anthonisz (also known as Adriaen Anthonisz of Alcmaer) (1527–1607) was a Dutch mathematician, surveyor, cartographer, and military engineer who specialized in the design of fortifications.[1]

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  1. 17 relations: Adriaan Metius, Alkmaar, Burgomaster, Cartography, Circumference, Diameter, Hans Lipperhey, Jacob Metius, Mathematician, Milü, Military engineering, Muiden, Naarden, Netherlands, Pi, Surveying, Telescope.

  2. 16th-century Dutch engineers
  3. 16th-century Dutch mathematicians
  4. 16th-century Dutch military personnel
  5. 17th-century Dutch engineers
  6. 17th-century Dutch mathematicians
  7. Dutch military engineers
  8. Mayors of Alkmaar

Adriaan Metius

Adriaan Adriaanszoon, called Metius, (9 December 1571 – 6 September 1635), was a Dutch geometer and astronomer born in Alkmaar. Adriaan Anthonisz and Adriaan Metius are 17th-century Dutch mathematicians.

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Alkmaar

Alkmaar is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland.

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Burgomaster

Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister) is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or executive of a city or town.

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Cartography

Cartography (from χάρτης chartēs, 'papyrus, sheet of paper, map'; and γράφειν graphein, 'write') is the study and practice of making and using maps.

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Circumference

In geometry, the circumference (from Latin circumferens, meaning "carrying around") is the perimeter of a circle or ellipse.

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Diameter

In geometry, a diameter of a circle is any straight line segment that passes through the centre of the circle and whose endpoints lie on the circle.

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Hans Lipperhey

Hans Lipperhey (– buried 29 September 1619), also known as Johann Lippershey or Lippershey, was a German-Dutch spectacle-maker.

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Jacob Metius

Jacob (Jacobus; sometimes James) Metius (after 1571–1628) was a Dutch instrument-maker and a specialist in grinding lenses.

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Mathematician

A mathematician is someone who uses an extensive knowledge of mathematics in their work, typically to solve mathematical problems.

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Milü

Milü ("close ratio"), also known as Zulü (Zu's ratio), is the name given to an approximation to pi (pi) found by Chinese mathematician and astronomer Zu Chongzhi in the 5th century.

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Military engineering

Military engineering is loosely defined as the art, science, and practice of designing and building military works and maintaining lines of military transport and military communications.

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Muiden

Muiden is a city and former municipality in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland.

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Naarden

Naarden is a city and former municipality in the Gooi region in the province of North Holland, Netherlands.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Pi

The number (spelled out as "pi") is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159.

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Surveying

Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them.

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Telescope

A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation.

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See also

16th-century Dutch engineers

16th-century Dutch mathematicians

16th-century Dutch military personnel

17th-century Dutch engineers

17th-century Dutch mathematicians

Dutch military engineers

Mayors of Alkmaar

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaan_Anthonisz

Also known as Adriaen Anthonisz.